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JAIST Unveils ‘EleTac’ Soft Gripper Inspired by an Elephant’s Trunk Tip
JAIST announced a soft robotic gripper, ‘EleTac,’ that can use a single camera to estimate contact location, force, object shape and its own pose.
What happened
According to JAIST, the research team developed ‘EleTac,’ a pneumatically actuated soft gripper inspired by an elephant’s trunk tip. JAIST said the device uses an internal fisheye camera and deep learning to estimate contact location, applied force, object shape and its own pose.
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Translated from the Japanese original: /news/zou-no-hana-ni-chakusou-wo-eta-sofutorobottogurippaa-eletac-b633ac. The Japanese version is authoritative if they differ.